This broadcast series, hosted by Jim Cunningham, presents concerts by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra recorded at Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts. Manfred Honeck has served as music director since the 2008-2009 season. The PSO has been heard on the air since radio began in Pittsburgh with early broadcasts on Pittsburgh's KDKA in the 1920s. Its first network broadcasts appeared on NBC in 1936.
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Mariss Jansons, conductor
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor "Tragic"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543
Richard Strauss: First Waltz Sequence from Der Rosenkavalier
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Bela Bartok: Two Pictures, Op. 10
Bela Bartok: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19